ALUMNI NEWS AND SPOTLIGHT STORIES

Class of 2020 alumna Dr. Soomin Jung recently served as an academic affairs fellow at AUC—one of several fellow positions for AUC graduates awaiting residency placement who wish to extend their clinical medicine teaching, service-based learning, medical sciences and public health research portfolio.

WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY AUC GRADUATES WHO ARE SERVING AS CHIEF RESIDENTS OR FELLOWS FOR THE 2022-2023 YEAR.

Accomplished athlete reimagines career helping rehab patients.

The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of recent graduates and their dedication to the field of medicine.

For Melissa McCarthy, MD ’18, the Indy 500 is more than a race – it is a part of her family history.

Passionate about advancing health equity and advocating for patients, Dr. Jackson is a program director and spinal cord injury specialist at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn.

For Deyanna “Dee” Boston, MD, the path to becoming a physician was more one of “Ready… set…one day.” After graduating from college and getting her graduate degree, she spent more than a decade project managing for pharmaceutical companies, and as a fashion stylist, building a team of consultants

Growing up in East Meadow, NY, Athanasios “Tommy” Tzaras, MD, ’18 spent his childhood and much of his young adulthood at his father’s side laboring on construction sites throughout New York City and Long Island.

Avaas Sharif, MD, isn’t just looking for better overall health care and trauma support for refugee and immigrant youth and their families. He is working toward a superior plan that supports the healthy adjustment of these youth, embeds mental health services in community and school settings, and works toward individual wellbeing.

National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month